Ned Rossiter

Professor Ned Rossiter is a media theorist and Director of Research at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. He holds a professorship in Communication within the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, where he explores network cultures, data politics, and the geopolitics of automation. His research spans logistical media, cultural labor, and planetary infrastructures.

• Current HDR advising roles
• Active research projects on automation's geopolitics

Rossiter's research integrates media theory, critical infrastructure studies, and geopolitical analysis to examine how digital infrastructures shape labor, territory, and governance. His recent work focuses on data centers, cloud topologies, and the environmental impacts of logistics networks.

Current projects include The Logistical Episteme and Entropological Materialism: Infrastructure, Cybernetics, Environment, both analyzing the material and conceptual dimensions of global infrastructures. His projects with collaborators like Brian Neilson and Soenke Zehle emphasize cross-border logistics and ecological entanglements.

Selected Research Outputs:

• Software, Infrastructure, Labor: A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares (2016)
• Organization after Social Media (2018, with Geert Lovink)
• Co-directed research on data governance, blockchain, and migration logistics

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University
• Postgraduate Diploma in Arts
• Bachelor of Arts, Edith Cowan University